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South Jersey Cat Gets Old Life Back Thanks To Microchip South Jersey Cat Gets Old Life Back Thanks To Microchip
South Jersey Cat Gets Old Life Back Thanks To Microchip A cat that went missing for two years in Burlington County was reunited with his rightful owner this week thanks to animal rescue workers -- and a microchip.  A Mount Laurel resident found Alexander and brought the cat to the Burlington County Animal Shelter on March 9.  Shelter staff discovered that the frightened cat was microchipped, according to the Animal Welfare Association in Voorhees, Camden County. Staff discovered that the microchip, about the size of a grain of rice, was planted by the AWA at a public pet clinic. Alexander’s owner, Lila Wynne, received a call from AWA…

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by Jon Craig
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‘Pretty Bird’: Roosters Rescued From Paterson Cockfighting Ring Get TLC At St. Hubert's ‘Pretty Bird’: Roosters Rescued From Paterson Cockfighting Ring Get TLC At St. Hubert's
‘Pretty Bird’: Roosters Rescued From Paterson Cockfighting Ring Get TLC At St. Hubert's Dozens of roosters rescued from a Paterson cockfighting ring are being “re-homed” by an acclaimed Morris County shelter. “We’ve been calling them all ‘Pretty Bird,” said Rebecca Burton, the vice-president of operations at St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center in Madison, which handles distressed animals. “There are approximately 50 birds not spoken for by adopters or being transferred out to our shelter partners," Burton said. A few "have signs of old wounds and scarring in the eyes," she said. Otherwise, the roosters are in fine fettle. One just went to a shelter partner, the Animal Welfar…

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by Jerry DeMarco